The Return to the Subject: Simone Routier and the Rise of the Personal Lyric

Simone Routier's three volumes of poetry, published between 1928 and 1934, made a significant, though largely unacknowledged, contribution to the transition to modernity in Quebec poetry. I assess her role in developing a greater openness and complexity in speaking of passion as an emotion that...

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Published in:The French review 2013-03, Vol.86 (4), p.670-684
Main Author: TALBOT, Emile J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anonymous writers. Authors
Canada
French speaking and English speaking literatures
French speaking literatures
History and sciences of litterature
History of literature
Literature
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Summary:Simone Routier's three volumes of poetry, published between 1928 and 1934, made a significant, though largely unacknowledged, contribution to the transition to modernity in Quebec poetry. I assess her role in developing a greater openness and complexity in speaking of passion as an emotion that involves the entire person, including the senses (the scopic engendering the tactile); in presenting the female subject as both object and agent of love; and in occasionally reversing traditional gender roles. In contrast to previous expressions of love in Quebec poetry, the experiences she conveys are set in the city, a contextual space of modernity.
ISSN:0016-111X
2329-7131
2329-7131
DOI:10.1353/tfr.2013.0272